The Instructional Use of Geogebra and Critical Thinking Dispostion as Reflective Tools to Develop Student Understanding of Probability

• In Event: Roundtable Session 40
  In Roundtable Session: Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning SIG Roundtable 1: Issues in Knowledge Representation

Abstract

In this paper we explore the use of GeoGebra as a visual dynamic tool for supporting high school students’ understanding of probability, more specifically, understanding of conditional probability and Bayes’ theorem. The research presented is part of a broader research project on improving high school students’ risk literacy. Decisions that involve the understanding of risk are made in all aspects of life including health (e.g. whether to continue with the course of medication), finances (paying for extra insurance) and politics (preemptive strikes versus political dialogue).

Authors

• Nenad Radakovic, OISE/University of Toronto

• Einav Aizikovitsh-Udi, Beit Berl Academic College